"There are also new audio plug-ins for the media to record what's said into microphones used by council members, staff or the public. The system also corresponds with outside speakers for use during press conferences."

El Stinelelo is going back to the Disqust commenting system. Hopefully they block things like Ron Paul Hughes and Gary Rodgers bigotry and calls for violence against those who commit minor infraction crimes. openid hasnt shown himself in nearly a month. Maybe they succeded in blocking him already? Meanwhile in topix land; people are flaming John Colby. Why not go back to topix for sentinel comments? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

The numbers are overwhelming. It has to stop. Every encounter with a homeless person is an opportunity to make them go away. Encourage them to leave Santa Cruz. Do whatever you can to create an inhospitable environment for these individuals. Of course, you can't do what they do to us. You can't kill them, rob them, rape them, kick them, shoot them, break their car window, hit them, frighten the bejesus out of their kids, take a crap on their lawn, brandish a knife, or anything illegal like that. But if everyone, if every encounter they have with the rest of us is negative, then they will leave. The “feel good” compassion that has run amok in this community for so many years has to be balanced with some pragmatics. The City of Santa Cruz now has 15 times the national average rate of homelessness. Too much too much too much. Government is not going to solve this. A change in people’s attitudes will.

The numbers are overwhelming. It has to stop. Every encounter with a homeless person is an opportunity to make them go away. Encourage them to leave Santa Cruz. Do whatever you can to create an inhospitable environment for these individuals. Of course, you can't do what they do to us. You can't kill them, rob them, rape them, kick them, shoot them, break their car window, hit them, frighten the bejesus out of their kids, take a crap on their lawn, brandish a knife, or anything illegal like that. But if everyone, if every encounter they have with the rest of us is negative, then they will leave. The “feel good” compassion that has run amok in this community for so many years has to be balanced with some pragmatics. The City of Santa Cruz now has 15 times the national average rate of homelessness. Too much too much too much. Government is not going to solve this. A change in people’s attitudes will.

Retribution from people who take McCord's stories as gospel. It's kind of pathetic that people would have to sleep in a cemetery. But with middle-class NIMBY's moving to evict the poor and homeless (i.e. those with no legal place to sleep or be) from the levee, the pogonip, the downtown, etc., it's not surprising. And since bathrooms are a luxury reserved for those with houses, well then humans will take a dump, won't they? How about let's use that as an excuse to classify them as sub-human and dump them. As the Supreme Court once said of blacks, there are no rights for these people which the community needs to respect.

Retribution comes regularly for the entire homeless community in Santa Cruz. Authorities harassing homeless people at night. Nasty self-righteous bigots who've are empowered to spew a kind of hatred they can no longer use against blacks and jews.. Laws and attitudes created by city staff that cater to a police mentality. And the exclusionary fantasy that you can just deport the people that makes us uncomfortable "somewhere else".

Shanna is back as our favorite police poodle. Faithfully mouthing Steve Clark's sneering putdowns. The traditional Sentinel dump on the homeless doesn't even have the justification that homeless have for crapping outside. And worst of all they smear it all over the internet and newsstands and charge money for it.

Retribution from people who take McCord's stories as gospel. It's kind of pathetic that people would have to sleep in a cemetery. But with middle-class NIMBY's moving to evict the poor and homeless (i.e. those with no legal place to sleep or be) from the levee, the pogonip, the downtown, etc., it's not surprising. And since bathrooms are a luxury reserved for those with houses, well then humans will take a dump, won't they? How about let's use that as an excuse to classify them as sub-human and dump them. As the Supreme Court once said of blacks, there are no rights for these people which the community needs to respect.Retribution comes regularly for the entire homeless community in Santa Cruz. Authorities harassing homeless people at night. Nasty self-righteous bigots who've are empowered to spew a kind of hatred they can no longer use against blacks and jews.. Laws and attitudes created by city staff that cater to a police mentality. And the exclusionary fantasy that you can just deport the people that makes us uncomfortable "somewhere else".Shanna is back as our favorite police poodle. Faithfully mouthing Steve Clark's sneering putdowns. The traditional Sentinel dump on the homeless doesn't even have the justification that homeless have for crapping outside. And worst of all they smear it all over the internet and newsstands and charge money for it.----------Ahhhhhhhh Awesome Rob. Rail on em!

How many homeless have you taken in, found housing for, helped to get a job or given any material help? Probably as much as trust fund multi-millionaire Robert Norse. ZERO. Your hot air doesn't count!

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